India, Feb. 7 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the government over vacancies in Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), pointing out that the commission has remained non-functional since July 2023 due to the vacant positions.

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyaya and justice Tejas Karia said that the government has failed to fill the vacancies despite previous assurances. In April last year, the court had raised similar concerns and in July, the government was given six months to complete the selection process. Subsequently, in November, the government informed the court that the Scrutiny Committee, chaired by the chief minister, had reviewed the applications which were filed after an advertisement and that th...